A licensed St. Paul psychiatrist pleaded guilty Friday of possessing more than 20,000 child pornography images on his home computer.

Aviel Li Goodman, 62, entered a guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen in Minneapolis.

According to the U.S. attorney’s office, between 2015 and 2017 undercover agents downloaded numerous images and video files depicting child pornography from a computer IP address linked to Goodman’s St. Paul residence.

Deanna Weniger is a weekend reporter, covering breaking news and anything left over from the week day reporters. She has worked the environmental beat in Port Huron, MI, where she also was a columnist. She is a pastor's wife, homeschool mom, owner of 11 chickens and veggie gardener extraordinaire.

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